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Section One
Eight Pages
COLEMAN DEMOCRAT-VOICE
For Coleman and Coleman County
8 Pages
IN ONE SECTION
VOL. NO. 51.
THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN. TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1932.
NO. 47.
Coleman Will Be Closed on
Thursday to Observe Day of
Thanks; Teachers to Parley
All public offices, the post office, Thanksgiving.
nd all but drug stores downtown Schools In the city will be dis-
will be closed Thursday in obscrv- missed both Thursday and Friday in
ance of Thanksgiving Day.
Golfing, weather permitting, hunt-
ing and football games are to be the
main attractions of the day follow-
ing union Thanksgiving services to
be held at ten o'clock Thursday
morning at the First Christian
church.
Rev. Matthew Lynn, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, is to de-
liver the sermon at the union serv-
ices.
Football games in this section of
the state are to attract many Cole-
man people. It is probable the
championship game between Howard
Payne and Southwestern at Brown-
wood for Texas Conference honors
will be a headliner for Coleman fans.
A large majority of the teachers
in the city schools and some from
the rural schools will attend the
State Teachers Association conven-
tion to be held in Fort Worth on
Last Day Split
Payment of Tax
November 30, or a week from to
day, is the last day upon which half
of the property taxes for 1932 may
be paid, according to Miss Jettie
Kirkpatrick, county collector.
There probably will be the last
minute rush to pay the half-year
taxes beginning Saturday of this
week and continuing until the of
flee closes Wednesday. November 30.
order that the school teachers may
attend the annual meeting of the
Texas State Teachers Association.
Local Labor
Preferred in
Road 7 Bids
Preference of local labor and of
former soldiers is given In the con-
tract for the construction of part
of Highway 7 in this county.
Where pratical local men and for-
mer soldiers are to be used in the
construction of the road, bids for
which arc to be received by the state
highway commission November 28,
in the opinion of County Judge A. O.
Newman.
The contract specifies a stone base
with triple-bituminous asphalt top-
ping. The road is about 15 miles
in length from Coleman to Novice.
Is November 30 Work Begins
on New Brick
Church Here
Prize Bachelor
The Victoria Daily News staged
a contest to determine who was
the most popular bachelor In Vic-
toria. Texas. Here's the winner. Lee
Griffith, who won over 26 entrants.
Such popularity must be deserved I
Tax Payers at
Santa Anna Pay
$1,450 in Day
Santa Anna tax payers are paying
their taxes in good fashion.
Miss Jettie Kirkpntrlck, tax col-
lector, in Santa Anna last Saturday
collected over $1,450 in property and
poll taxes.
At the same time the office here
collected only about $800.
However, Miss Kirkpatrick's trip to
Santa Anna for the purpose of col-
lecting was the first in some time.
Prospects Here
For Coming Year
Seen Be Bright
With the closing of the cotton
^season here local merchants arc
ooking to the future in order to
find bright spots in tire business
horizon.
In the immediate future they are
wondering just how much money
will be made by local turkey breed-
ers in the season that is to begin
about December 3 and close about
December 10.
In the early part of the coming
year they are viewing the wool and
mohair prospects and later on the
grain prospects will be kept in mind.
As much, if not more, money
should be realized by the turkey
breeders on their birds during the
coming season for there are about
as many turkeys still to be sold as
were sold in the Thanksgiving mar-
ket. However, fluctuation in price
may possibly mean some less money
for the farmers.
Since, thus county produces quite a
large supply of wool and mohair it
is quite possible that sheep and goal
raisers will cause ap influx of money
into this county around Easter.
Although the grain market is low
at this time the producers as well as
the buyers have hopes that the price
will increase before the bulk of the
crop is sold next June.
BURKETT GINS 1,000 BALES,
Burkett lias ginned oveT 1,000 bales
of cotton during the present season,
according to Mrs. T. A. Burns. Dem-
ocrat-Voice correspondent for that
section of the country.
Work has started on the one-story,
brick building Of the South Coleman
Baptist • church and the foundation
probably will be poured Friday, ac-
cording to Rev. A. W. Fechncr.
The church, being built at Eighth
and Concho, is to be 66x90 feet and
is being constructed by volunteer
labor. > ■ ■ •
The structure is to have a seating
capacity of 1.400 In the auditorium.
In the building will be folding par-
titions which will be used during the
Sunday school hour and making an
up-to-date Sunday school depart-
merit. ..
An elevated platform, pastor’s
Study and nursery are some of the
features of the structure.
Rev. Bam Morris, fiery West Tex-
as preadier, and Rev. J. Frank Nor-
ris. Port Worth, have agreed, to come
to Coleman shortly-after the com-
pletion of the building.
It is expected the building will be
completed along about Christinas
time.
Plans are completed to make Cole-
man central Texas headquarters for
fundamentalists. Rev. Fechncr de-
clared.
There are about 400 members of
the local church.
Discoverer Huge
Carlsbad Cavern
Is Visitor Here
Jim White, discoverer of the Carls-
bad Caverns in New Mexico. Wed-
nesday was in Coleman on his way
to Burnet where he is to ODen
a large cavern on Thanksgiving Day
in a four-day celebration.
Tlie cavern is said to be the third
largest in the world. It has been
named the Longhorn Cavern.
Many people in this section of the
state have at one time or another
met Mr. White at tho Carlsbad Cav-
ern.
COTTON MARKET.
Good cotton was quoted at 5.90
cents per pound today by local cot-
ton buyers. It is expected a rec-
ord number of bales will be weigh-
ed in at the local cotton yard be-
fore the season closes.
day'early.
In order that the employees of
this newspaper may observe Thanks-
giving, too, tlie Democrat-Voice is
published one day earlier than usual
this week.
Turkey Season
Depending on
Market Price
Fluctatlon in the market makes
information concerning the opening
of the next turkey season here in-
definite.
Date previously announced for
the opening of tire Christmas season
was placed at December 3. And as
the season usually continue* about
ten days it was to close the night of
December 13.
However, it is expected further
announcement will be made by local
produce men within the next few
days concerning the season and the
market prices.
Despite the fact may turkeys were
shipped from here for Thanksgiving
consumption in northern and east-
ern points, it is expected many oth
ers will be shipped for Christmas
conusmption.
Many persons held their turkey*
for sale during the Christina* buy-
ing season.
Faculty Members
Given Banquet by
Hi School Class
The third year clase In Home
Economics entertained the high
school faculty Tuesday evening at
six o’clock with a formal Thanks-
giving dinner.
The table wa6 decorated with •
beautiful, large cut glass bowl filled
with fruits and enclosed within a
circle of oak twigs bearing small
acorns. Large oak leaves were at
each cover serving as salted nut
containers. Place cards were paint-
ed turkeys with the gueets’ names
attached on a small tag.
Entertainment between courses
was furnished by children from the
West Ward school sponsored by their
teachers, Misses Mary Sigler, Flor-
ence Clase, Alma Mullins. Little
Eugene Bruscnhan gave a Thanks-
giving prayer before the guests were
seated at the table.
Between courses, Thanksgiving
readings were given by Ddris Elaine
Saunders, and Mary Louis Walker;
and two Thanksgiving songs were
sung by Joe Green, Mary Louis Wal-
ker, Doris Elaine Saunders, Eugene
Bruscnhan, 8. A. Mask; Billie Hack-
et, Vertls Ashburn.
A beautiful harvest dance at the
close of the meal was given by pu-
pils of Miss Mullin’s dancing class.
Queen of Harvest, Otherine Autrey,
and attendants. Jenny Lee Dibreii;
Tommy Jane Runkle, Norma Gray
Warren, June Walker and Little
Dorothy Brewer. ■■■**-
The menu of fruit cocktail, roast
turkey, dressing, gravy, candied
sweet potatoes, creamed onions, but-
Union Services
For Thanksgiving
Planned Nov. 24
A cordial Invitation is given all
Coleman county citizens to attend
the annual union Thanksgiving
services to be held Thursday morn-
ing at 10 o'clock at the First Chris-
tian church by members of the
Coleman Preachers' Council.
An inspiring message appropriate
to Thanksgiving is to be given by
Rev. R. Matthew Lynn, minister of i
the First Presbyterian church of this i
city.
Special mu6lc by the First Chrts-!
tian church choir has been arranged
for the occasion.
Firefighter
Turkey, Trimmings
Will Be Served
at Welfare Home
Residents of the Welfare League
home on Ban Saba street are to be
treated to turkey and the trimmings
Thursday, according to Mrs. Eula
Robertson.
Dr. 8. N. Aston has donated a large
turkey while Theo Dunman has do-
nated three, 48-pound sacks of flour.
So. while the rest of the world is
eating turkey today, those less for-
tunate at the Welfare home also
will be haVing a good time.
New Record in
Number Bales
Cotton Nears
H. L. Patton, official of the Pat-
ton Oil Fire Fighting Co., who has
been charged with arson following
the dynamiting of an East Texas
well. His company got the job of
extinguishing >the resulting fire for
$7,000
Commissioners
Postpone Meet
Members of the city commission
are to meet Wednesday night
about 7:30 o'clock in special ses-
sion for the purpose of discussing
the passage of a law relative to
peddlers, it was announced today
by Mayor J. C. Smith.
It is expecled a delegation of
business men will meet with the
commission for the purpose of dis-
cussing proposed legislation.
A delegation of business men met
at Mayor Smith’s home Tuesday
' night and discussed the law.
| Because Commissioner Frank Tay-
! lor was out of the city the meeting
| of city commissoners was postponed
; Monday night until next Monday
! night.
' A large delegation of local burl-
iness men had made plans to attend
Over $3,000 Received Here
From RFC toAid Condition
of County’s Unemployment
Over $3,000 in new money i* In
circulation in this county today.
That much in checks was given
the cities of Coleman and 8anta_
Anna by the Reconstruction Fi-
nance Corporation through the West
Texas Chamber of Commerce ai
Abilene Saturday.
Coleman's part of that amount, to
Sale of Auto
Plates Starts
December 1st
There have been about 12,1000
bale* of cotton weighed in at the lo-
cal cotton yard, a check made Wed- 1 meeting in order to discuss the
nesday noon showed. j necessity of passing an ordinance
Local cotton buyers estimate the re,ative Peddling in-the downtown
total to be weighed in at the local
yard will reach the 15,000 bale mark
before the close of the season.
Should that mark be reached a
new record will have been set at the
local yard, it is thought.
tered asparagus tips, cranberry jei*
vegetable salad, and pumpkin, pie
was enjoyed -by the following guests:
Misses Ola Lee Smith, Edwina
Barnes, Verna Marie Hemphill, Mary I
Brown Freeman. Mrs. Blanche Mc-
Farland and Messrs. C. H. Hufford.'l
J. T. Runkle, J. D. Cobb, C. M.
Brown, W. O. Bisk, U. O. Hennen and
Caskey Livingston.
The members of the third year
class are Ovia Lee Yates Lena Bert
Robinson, Viola Bozeman, Martha
Brocke, Bessie Jewell Newman,
Mary Sackett and Lavoy Williams.
area
Already there is an ordinance
against peddling in the fire limits
but the merchants believe more of
the city should be "covered, in an
ordinance.
The city attorney is investigating
the cases and probably will have
a report to make to the commission-
ers and business men at the next
session of the commissioners.
GRAIN MARKET.
The. following grain prices were
quoted today by the Wilson Grain,
Company:
No. 1 Wheat, 30c bushel.
No. 2 Oats, I2c bushel.
No. 3 Oats, 11c bushcL
,No. 2 Barley, 15c bushel.
Shell corn 35c bushel.
No. 2 threshed milo, 35c per hun-
dred pounds.
Already some autombblle owners
are eyeing license plate numbers In
the tax collector's office.
*, Registration of automobiles is to
begin December 1 bus all supplies nec-
essary for that transaction are ex-
pected here by the end of \he week.
Numbers of automobiles loegin this
year with 189,101. Tire-plates are
to bear Texas University colors,
orange and white.
Interest In
Straw Ballot
Lagging Here
Interest In the straw ballot to de-
termine whether Coleman county
persons wish to retain the offices of
county agent and county demonstra-
tion agent is lagging, according to
County Judge A. O, Newman.
The ballot was printed at the or-
der of the commissioners court so
that the commissioners could learn
the sentiment of the people in con-
nection with the proposition.
The county and state pay about
$2,600 a year, less expenses, to the
county agent and about *8,300 a year,
less expenses, for the county home
demonstration agent's services.
For a time an the responsibility of
receiving the opinion of the public
was on Judge Newman and he was
kept busy hearing the proposition
discussed.
be used in aiding unemployed, was
$2,976.21 while Santa Anna receiv-
ed $43.
„ It is probable that $250 of the
amount allotted Coleman will be
used to aid conditions at Santa
Anna.
However, members of the Santa
Anna unemployment committee were
dissatisfied with the amount they
received and were considering send-
ing the check back. Santa Anna
originally was allotted about $750 by
the RFC.
The check for $2,976.21 received
here Is the November allotment. An-
other check for use In December is
expected about December 1.
The committee in charge here has
the surveys of both the city and
county with which to work.
Money obtained here is part of the
state's appropriation from the fed-
eral government on roads for 1935.
The funds are to he handled under
regulations of .the federal govern-
ment and a report is1 to be made in
December of how the funds were
spent. An estimate of funds needed
in January will be made at that
time.
News Flashes
The United States likely will re-
fuse to grant an extension of the
moratorium on debts owed this coun-
try by European nations it was seen*
following a conference between
President Hoover and President-
elect Roosevelt this week.
The body of Isaac E. Hemming-
way, aged Oklahoma City loan
broker, was found this week near
Oklahoma City on a farm owned
by Sam Wlikeraon. Wilkerson and
wife are being held on a kidnap-
ing charge.
Brownwood citizens Wednesday
were Voting again on the Sunday
show proposition. That city now has
a city ordinance forbidding the
showing of pictures on Sundays.
District Court
In Recess Here;
Re-Opens Friday
One divorce case was heard in
119th District Court here Monday
morning and the remainder of tho
docket was continued until Friday
morning. f
There was one other case set for
trial in the court but If. too, graseqh-
tinued on the pita of the plaintiff's
attorney.
This is civil week in the court and,
incidentally, the last week of the
present term of court.
Plans for Free Fair Here
” V v
Are About Completed, Say
Committeemen in Charge
More interest is being taken in
Coleman’s free fair as the date of
the exposition draws nearer.
Practically all plans for the fair
have been completed, according to a
Report from the executive commit-
fcee, and the program should be con-
ducted in clock-like order.
All Schools Day, December 8, first
day of the fair, is to attract a large
crowd of rural as well as city school
students. Already some 15 schools
in the county have made plans to
participate in the first day's program
and parade.
Many communities In the county
arc to enter exhibits in one of the
five buildings downtown where the
fair IS to be staged. The commu-
nity that wins first place in the ex-
hibits will have the right to name
its girl representative as queen of
the fair.
The coronation of the* queen will
take place on the last evening of the
fair with the r.lrl representatives
from the other communities taking
part. Each will be dressed to repre-
sent some nation, according to the
present plan.
Home demonstration and boys
clubs over the county are to take
an active part in the fair program.
C, V. Robinson, county agent, and
Miss Gertrude Brent, county home
demonstration agent, are supervising
the work.
A great deal of interest is being
taken in the poultry exhibits. Al-
though the show type •bird will be on
exhibition, the committee in charge
is to emphasize the importance of
the utility bird. ... . ... _____________
L. S. White, concession committee
chairman, is receiving bids on con-
cessions and should have most of
them sold by the day the fair be-
gins.
Several interesting films relative
to agriculture are to be shown free
of Charge on the three evenings of
the fair.
Fund For Unemployed, Destitute
Be Distributed By Committees
Plans for disbursing first allotment, $3,000, received
here from (he Reconstruction Finance Corporation were
made at a meeting of the executive committee of the
county relief organization on Monday afternoon. Coun-
ty Chairman Leon L. Shield had also invited the attend-
ance of members of the community board of the cham-
ber of commerce in order that 'some person from
each community in the county might be consulted re-
garding the expenditure of the relief funds for this
county to the best advantage.
Mr. Shie’d and the executive committee call atten-
tion to the fact that this money can be spent only for
labor. None of the money can be spent for material or
supplies or for any kind of expenses. For this reason
the actions of those in charge of disbursing the funds
will he carried each week as news stories in the Demo-
crat-Voice.
Statement of Committee to the Public:
“Adopted for Coleman County Relief Committee at
a meeting held on Nov. 21st, 1932, this meeting attended
by Executive Committee and representatives from va-
rious parts of the county.
“The funds now on hand and any funds hereafter re-
ceived by the Executive Committee from the R. F. C.
shall be used and disbursed in keeping with instructions
from the West Texas Chamber of Commerce, which or-
ganization transmits the instructions of Governor R. S.
Sterling.
“These instructions provide that all money shall be
paid to ‘destitute and unemployed’ for labor, and that
nothing shall be paid for ‘overhead’ nor for material and
supplies.
’‘Accordingly, it was decided that the Executive
Committee should receive and pass upon all applications
for funds. It is expected that each community in Cole-
man county shall name a committee to make application
to the Executive..Committee for siich funds as that com-
munity may expect to use in any given period of say one
or two weeks for the purpose of carrying out any given
project.
“By 'project' is meant beautifying cemetery grounds,
school grounds, road work, or other public work which
is not self liquidating, and it is expected that each com-
munity will work out its own project.
“When such work has been decided upon, the com-
munity, is expected to send its representative to the
Executive Committee which meets at the chamber of
commerce, Coleman, at 1:30 p. m. each Saturday, and
that the Executive Committee will be furnished an out-
line of the work to be done, an estimate of the cost and
a statement of the names of those to be employed in
doing such work.
“At the discretion of the Executive Committee, the
work will be authorized, and when statement of the
payroll is furnished, after completion of the work or at,
the end of the week, the money will be paid.
“The price to be paid for such labor shall be fifteen
cents per hour.
“It is thus apparent that all parts of the county shall
share in and use these R. F. C. fund^jA its needs dictate,
being limited only by the number of ‘destitute and un-
employed’ persons in that community.
“No attempt has been made to define the limits of a
‘community.’ It can be made up of one or several school
districts. But we want it to be plainly understood that
these funds belong to all of us, and that no limit is placed
upon their use except such limit as is apparent from the
number who require aid to exist thruogh the coming
months.
“Only bona fide residents of Coleman county shall be
employed or shall receive payment of any part of this
fund. >
“Changes and addition to the foregoing may be made
from time to time upon instruction of the R. F. C. or iW
representatives or by the Executive Committee.’’ m
LEON L. SHIELD, Chairman. V
SAM COOPER, Secretary.
R. G. HOLLINGSWORTH, Treasurer.
Dobie Is Not
Able Bp Here
,
For Meeting
Bpcau.se he is on an extended fur-
, lough and in Mexico writing a new
book. J. Frank Dobie, author. Texas
I University professor, will not be
able to attend the Coleman County
Teachers Institute December 8 and
i 9.
A special invitation had been ex-
tended Mr. Dobie, author of Corona-
do's Children and other books, by
County Superintendent J. L. Beard.
Mr. Dobie, in a letter this week to
Mr. Beard, indicated he might be
able to visit Coleman some time in
the future.
Thomas H. Taylor, president of
Howard Payne College, Brownwood,
and R: T. Ellis, head of the State
Teachers Association, both are to
make talks to the teachers In con-
vention here'.
A charge of murder has been
fUed at Riverside, Illinois, against
Charles Bertrand Arnold, Jr.,
handsome 16-year-old Sunday
school boy, in connection with the
death of his aged step-grandmoth-
er, Mrs. Ellen O. Saxe. The boy Is
said to have killed his relative
when she refused to let him have
her car in which to go to a dance.
Trial of Mrs. Willie Meichineer
and daughter, Eva Nell, charged with
murder, in connection with the death
of Joe Metchinger, is under way at
Brownwood.
Col. Raymond Robins, who was
thought to hare been slain until
recently, is reported to have re-
covered his memory. An attend-
ing physician said this week that
Robins recognised his wife and a
nephew. . ............
A. Lawrence Lowell, president of
Harvard University for the past 23
years, anounced his resignation this
week. The resignation was accept-
ed.
Rep. Britten, Illinois, Represen-
tative, Republican, this week pre-
dicted President Hoover would not
veto beer legislation should it be
passed by the national congress.
Premier Edouard Herrlot of France
and a, large official party narrow-
ly escaped death this week when
the tracks over which their train
(Continuel on page 7—Sec. 1)
About $300 Received Here
For Red Cross in Drive;
Chairman Asked to Report
Approximately $300 has been col-
lected in the American Red Cross
Roll Call here thus far, according
to Joe B. Hedleston. chairman.
A partial report from 8anta An-
na shows Uiat some 100 members for
the organization have been obtained
in that city.
Goldsboro, under the direction of
Will Matthews, is the first commu-
nity in the county to report having
obtained its full auota.
Miss Veoma Roquemore is chair-
man of the residential campaign In
Coleman and she. with the foUowing
assistants, ha* done a great deal of
work in the' drive. Her assistants
are. Mrs. E. M. Jones. Mrs." Jack
Holloway, Mis* Doris Miller. Miss
Elizabeth Alexander, Mrs. Jack
Shaffer, Mrs. Theo Dunman. Mrs.
Ruth Penney and Miss Lucille Barn-
es.
The business district has been
canvassed by the Lions and Kiwanis
clubs. R. R. Browning, chatrfhan.
and F. M. McKinney. Jettie Kirk-
patrick, J. B. Hough, Miss Ruby
Garrett. 5. W. Bridwell and B. B.
Nunley are members of the Lions
clubs committee. Members of the
Kiwanis club committe include,
Henry Hardin. J. P. Holman, Charl-
es Wilson and John Pool.
Chairman Hedleston today said:
“I deslfe to‘thank each and every
person who gave service and support
in helping conduct the 1933 Roll Call.
I also urge all rural chairmen to
send in their reports as soon as pos-
sible so a full county report can be
sent into national headquarters at
once.”
FIREMEN MEET
Due to the fact so many members
of th* organization were out of
town oh hunting trips and on busi-
ness, members of the Coleman vol-
unteer fire department transacted
very little business in their meeting
Friday night at city hall.
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